Chapter 353 Confidant
When Shen Tang heard the news that Concubine Jiang was taken away by the Ministry of Justice for interrogation, he felt relieved.
Although Chen Tang didn't believe that Concubine Jiang would poison his brother and would release her after questioning, he felt very uncomfortable being used as a butcher to stab his brother.
No wonder Concubine Ye was so kind and helped Concubine Jiang to plead with the Emperor to allow her to meet Master Jiang. It turned out that she had made up her mind from the beginning to use Concubine Jiang to kill Master Jiang and silence him.
In the Ministry of Justice, there are endless torture instruments used for interrogation. Even though Concubine Ye has the leverage over Mr. Jiang, she is afraid that Mr. Jiang will not be able to resist and will confess. Only a dead person can keep his mouth shut.
Now that Master Jiang is dead, King Qi and Marquis Changping can rest easy.
The assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice was lenient because the Second Master spoke for him, and he did so under the guise of the Prince. Concubine Jiang had brought food so many times, and the jailers had eaten it without any problems, but today's food was poisonous. This must be related to the Second Master!
The Second Master helped the King of Qi to silence witnesses, which definitely shows that he is the King of Qi's confidant.
In the previous life, the title of Prince of Jingyang finally went to Xie Guiyin instead of the second master. There was definitely something wrong.
Concubine Jiang was taken to the Ministry of Justice, where she was personally interrogated by the Minister of Justice. Concubine Jiang was heartbroken and she insisted that there was nothing wrong with the food she sent and that Master Jiang did not die from her visit in prison.
But it was useless for her to refuse to accept it. This was the result of the autopsy by the coroner, and the Ministry of Justice did not require her to accept it. She just had to answer whatever was asked.
Concubine Jiang said, "Those meals were made by the chef of Prince Jingyang's Mansion! He has never left my side since I left Prince Jingyang's Mansion and arrived at the Ministry of Justice Prison!"
In other words, the food was poisoned in Prince Jingyang's palace.
Someone in Prince Jingyang's Palace wanted to kill Mr. Jiang to silence him.
The Minister of Justice asked, "Are you sure the food box has never left your sight?"
Concubine Jiang was very sure.
Concubine Jiang said, "I asked the maid to go to the pharmacy to buy some wound medicine. I did not get off the carriage, and the food box was in the carriage. I am sure that no one else has approached the food box except me and the maid."
It was basically determined that the poison had been put into the food in Prince Jingyang's palace.
Then this case will be difficult to investigate.
Although there was little suspicion that Concubine Jiang poisoned her brother, after all, she was the prince's concubine and the Jiang family could not implicate her, not to mention that most people would not have the heart to harm their own brother. But Master Jiang did die of poisoning after eating the food she brought. Before clearing her suspicion, Concubine Jiang had no choice but to be imprisoned.
The Minister of Justice told the prince what Concubine Jiang said. This matter was of great importance and could easily kill Master Jiang. If someone had evil intentions towards Prince Jingyang one day, it would be difficult to avoid it.
The prince checked the kitchen, but found nothing.
Master Jiang was poisoned to death right under the nose of the Ministry of Justice. At the next morning court session, the Minister of Justice pleaded guilty to the crime and was fined half a year's salary by the emperor. The Vice Minister of Justice, despite the instructions of Prince Yu not to allow anyone to visit the prison, released Concubine Jiang into the Ministry of Justice's prison and was demoted one level by the emperor.
As for Concubine Jiang, although Mr. Jiang died after eating the food she sent, there is no evidence to prove that she was the one who poisoned him. Besides, Concubine Jiang probably didn't know that the Ministry of Justice would let her in to visit him in prison, so it is unlikely that she poisoned Mr. Jiang.
After being detained for a few days and seeing that the prince didn't come to pick her up, Xie Guiyin asked the Ministry of Justice to release her, and the Minister of Justice released Concubine Jiang.
Once Master Jiang died, there was no way to investigate further into the corruption case among officials and bandits in Ganzhou, and the Jiang family could only be convicted based on the existing evidence.
Master Jiang is dead, but the other members of the Jiang family are still alive. The Ministry of Justice sentenced several of them to death and exiled the rest.
Originally, the matter would have ended here, but Concubine Jiang was unwilling to give in, so she went to the palace to find Concubine Ye, and a marriage proposal came up out of nowhere.
It belongs to Xie Guiyin and Jiang Huier.
She was very close to her natal family and had arranged the marriage between Xie Guiyin and Jiang Huier long ago. Although Jiang Huier had not yet married into the family, she was the future daughter-in-law of the Jingyang Palace. She hoped that the palace would release Jiang Huier for the sake of its reputation.
Concubine Ye called the princess into the palace. Instead of asking directly whether this was true, she asked the princess in a roundabout way whether she and Prince Jingyang had given the right to arrange the marriage between the second young master and the eldest daughter to Concubine Jiang.
The princess didn't think much about it, and since it was the fact, she nodded.
Just as the emperor was there, Concubine Ye said, "Your Majesty, Concubine Jiang came to me and said that the second young master of the Jingyang Palace and the girl of the Jiang family are engaged, and asked me to help plead for them. I asked the Princess of Jingyang and found out that it is true. The engagement is not cancelled with the exile. The King of Jingyang has made great contributions to the court. Your Majesty should give him face and let the girl of the Jiang family go."
The princess didn't expect that Concubine Ye asked her to enter the palace just to help Concubine Jiang.
Jiang Huier harbored evil intentions and almost caused Chen Tang to fall. Now she is going to marry into the Jingyang Palace and become a sister-in-law. They will meet each other every day in the future.
The princess looked extremely unhappy.
Although the princess was not concerned about the affairs of the court, she was not completely unaware that Prince Yu was keeping a close eye on Mr. Jiang's case. In addition, Concubine Jiang went to the palace to ask Concubine Ye for help, and Concubine Ye helped. It was clear that Prince Qi was behind Mr. Jiang.
But the princess did not expect that Concubine Ye would help Concubine Jiang to the point of plotting against her.
Concubine Ye said this to the emperor in front of her. Could the princess say that Concubine Ye lied?
Even if she didn't say anything, in the eyes of the emperor, it was true. She even came to help Concubine Jiang to plead with Concubine Ye.
The prince does have a lot of face, and since the case was investigated by Xiao Huan and Xie Guimo, and Concubine Ye helped to plead for leniency, the emperor agreed.
As soon as the emperor agreed, the princess said, "I have something else to do in the palace, so I will take my leave."
Concubine Ye wanted to keep the princess to have a few private words with her, so she asked the palace maid to persuade her to stay, but the princess left the palace without looking back.
When Chen Tang heard about this, she almost exploded with anger. She looked at Xie Guimo and asked, "Will Jiang Huier and I become sisters-in-law in the future?"
If it was just a plot against her, she could still tolerate it for a while.
But Jiang Huier came for the baby in her belly, and Chen Tang couldn't stand it.
She didn't even believe that the princess would help plead for mercy.
Xie Guimo said, "Mother was used by Concubine Ye, and I have no way to express my pain, but it's good to be so blatantly plotted against for once. I won't go to the palace whenever Concubine Ye asks me to."
Seeing that Chen Tang was very angry, Xie Guimo said, "It's too early for them to become sisters-in-law. Mother will not let her move into the mansion like this."
"I'm starting to believe your suspicions now."
Shen Tang was at a loss, "What doubt?"
Xie Guimo said, "Father is being cuckolded."
Chen Tang, "..."
Shen Tang covered his mouth.
But be careful with your voice.
If this were heard by others and spread, how would she ever be able to face the prince in the future?
Well, Concubine Jiang sent someone to the Ministry of Justice to pick up Jiang Huier and arrange for her to live in the Prince Jingyang's Palace.
The princess didn't let him into the palace.
Even if they were engaged, they hadn't gotten married yet. Living here without any status or formality would make people laugh at the Jingyang Palace for being so unruly.
Concubine Jiang insisted that Jiang Huier move into the mansion, and was sure that the prince would turn a blind eye, but the princess refused to give in, "It's fine if she must live here! They will get married today!"
We are having a wedding today, but there are no guests, not even any wedding dresses.
Concubine Jiang could not possibly agree to such a sloppy marriage for her son, so she could only arrange for Jiang Huier to live on the farm temporarily.
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